ANTI-DOPING LEADERS RENEW CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CHANGE
IN ORDER TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE OF CLEAN ATHLETESGlobal leaders meet for second special summit in Bonn, Germany hosted by NADA Deutschland

Renewed proposals include independent WADA operations for all critical anti-doping functions
free from the influence of sport

Leaders offer to meet with the WADA Executive Committee and with International Olympic
Committee President Thomas Bach to discuss sport's role in global anti-doping reform efforts aswell as the possible creation of a single-entity testing unit

BONN, GERMANY (October 26, 2016)- Reaffirming a series of reform proposals presented during thefirst special summit in Copenhagen in August, a global assembly of leaders representing National
Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) from around the world met on Wednesday to address the urgent
and necessary reforms needed to restore confidence of clean athletes and those who value the integrityof sport.
"Athletes want to compete clean and win," said the leaders in a joint statement. "We must restore
confidence that anti-doping efforts truly protect the rights of clean athletes, as well as the public's
desire for a fair and level playing field. All of the reforms agreed upon today, especially ensuring sportinterests do not influence the global regulator - WADA - will help to better protect the rights of clean
athletes and uphold a level playing field."
During the meeting - hosted by the Nationale Anti Doping Agentur Deutschland (NADA) - theleadership group also discussed key reforms to the WADA Governance model. While there wascontinued recognition of the value in maintaining close collaboration with sport - particularly inregard to anti-doping education, funding and intelligence sharing - the leaders renewed their proposal
to separate investigatory, testing and results management functions from sports organisations. Thiswill prevent the inherent conflict of interest that exists when a sports organisation is tasked withboth promoting and policing itself.
The leaders were also in unanimous agreement that one reform proposal paramount to ensuring
fairness to clean athletes is the separation of sport leaders from critical anti-doping executivefunctions. Further, the leaders also reaffirmed their belief that no decision maker within an antidoping organisation should hold a board, officer, or other policy-making position within a sport orevent organizer.
The leadership group also discussed the outcomes of both the WADA think tank and recent IOC
Summit declaration. And while many were encouraged by some of these developments, there was also

unanimous recognition of the need for a strong voice independent of those processes to ensure that
athletes' rights are being fully protected.
The leadership group then addressed the state-supported doping scandal uncovered in Russia, whichaccording to the independent investigator Prof. Richard McLaren detailed an unprecedented level ofcorruption - including hundreds of positive tests being covered up by the Russian Sports Ministry,laboratory and anti-doping agency.
With the hope that clean athletes' rights will never again be so blatantly disregarded, the leaders
called upon the international community to further their commitment to the ongoing McLareninvestigation into state-supported doping and corruption of anti-doping practices in Russia, as wellto publicly acknowledge its findings. There were also further calls for the encouragement, protection
and support of whistleblowers. Further, the leaders renewed their call that clear code sanctions beadopted as soon as possible to ensure that corrupt sport systems are excluded from internationalcompetition.
Further, they asked that the IOC to condemn and use whatever influence they have to put an end to
the illegal invasion and publishing of athletes' private medical information by the cyber-espionage
group known as Fancy Bears.
Lastly, the anti-doping leaders agreed to continue to advocate for clean athletes and for enactment of
the reform proposals by influencing other relevant decision makers. The anti-doping leaders agreed
to reach out to WADA and to the IOC to offer meetings with both the WADA Executive Committee
and with IOC President Thomas Bach to more thoroughly discuss these reforms, as well as theircommitment to an independent anti-doping model free from the influence of sport.
The proposals were written and endorsed by anti-doping leaders from around the world, including
Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand,Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States as well as theInstitute of National Anti-Doping Organisations.